4108. Fact

North America was called Turtle Island by the Delaware Indians.

4109. Fact

Octopi change colours when they become frightened. Normally they are a brownish colour, but can change to green or blue when fear sets in

4110. Fact

A Canadian, Troy Hurtubise, spent $100,000 and almost went bankrupt building a RoboCop style suit so that he could withstand a bear attack

4111. Fact

During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles."

4112. Fact

The first American president to deliver a speech over the radio was Warren G. Harding

4113. Fact

The Aztecs of Mexico roasted and ground up the cacao bean, mixed it with water, added peppers and other spices, stirred it up to a froth and drank the pungent mixture they called chocolate.

4114. Fact

In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic

4115. Fact

In Scotland, Irn-Bru is a soft drink that is more popular than Coca-Cola. When McDonalds opened in Glasgow and did not sell Irn-Bru, it was considered an insult, and the restaurant was subsequently boycotted.

4116. Fact

It takes a sloth up to six days to digest the food it eats

4117. Fact

Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.

4118. Fact

Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the Summer Olympic games while hosting the event

4119. Fact

When potatoes first appeared in Europe in the seventeenth century, it was thought that they were disgusting, and they were blamed for starting outbreaks of leprosy and syphilis. As late as 1720 in America, eating potatoes was believed to shorten a person's life.

4120. Fact

The fastest shark is the Shortfin Mako, which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour

4121. Fact

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

4122. Fact

The Top 10 grossing movies of the 1990s each earned at least $500 million worldwide and brought in a combined total of over $7 billion.

4123. Fact

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

4124. Fact

Jacksonville, Florida, has the largest total area of any city in the United States.

4125. Fact

There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink

4126. Fact

Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world.

4127. Fact

In Ireland, a prime minister is a called a Taoiseach

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